A Brave New World

Well...I'm in Australia! As some may know, I decided around January to pursue the option of being a nanny somewhere abroad for 6 months! I applied on an awesome website that connects you to various families (aupair-world.net) and found a family in Melbourne, Australia! I arrived here on Saturday the 9th after a strenuous and exhausting 24 hours of flight time. I had quick lay-overs at all my stops (Dallas, Brisbane, and Sydney) but due to weather, I missed my connection from Sydney to Melbourne. The airline I flew with, Qantas, was so great to me and the other passengers who missed their flight due weather and quickly got me another flight! I loved that airline so much due to the hospitality on the flights! They provide meals on each flight, even if it is an hour long flight! They also have personal TVs on the back of the seats for long flights and for the shorter ones, each passenger is provided an iPad with movies and TV shows! It was awesome!

I finally made it to Melbourne and connected with my new family! The parents are so sweet and the kiddos are ADORABLE! The oldest, Ben, is 4 and very rambunctious and energetic! He goes to kinder classes 3 days a week but the other days we get to build paper planes and do puzzles together with his little brother, Christian! Chrissy (as they call him) is a sweet, caring, little 2 and a half year old who does anything his older brother Benny does! They are typical little boys with lots of wrestling and laughs, but also with the occasional sibling rivalry! The third and final child of the family is a completely beautiful, 8 month old baby girl named Salome (pronounced Sal [rhymes with gal]-Oh-Mee) or as the boys call her, Baby! Her name is so unique and fitting for her, but I've started calling her Lolo and Sally with the boys...we shall see what sticks!

My day starts at 7 when the kiddos wake up and it ends at 8-ish when they fall asleep. So that means I'm EXHAUSTED by the end of the day which is partially why I hadn't updated the world and all my friends out there about my new world! I will hopefully get to explore Melbourne more this coming weekend (which I have off) and write a few new blog posts! I still haven't written about all the AMAZING food and restaurants I got to experience this past summer in Charlotte so I need to catch up! But its 9:36 PM here which is my new bedtime due to my fun-filled but draining new occupation! Keep me in your prayers as I learn about this family more, their routine, and as I explore this new land I'm in!

Mack